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Hi, my name is Sharon Kastoriano and I am a Fertility and Pregnancy Acupuncturist. And
I want to reach out to the women who are over 40 and trying to get pregnant and facing some
difficulties. I want to let you know that there is so much
hope, that it is so possible that you will get pregnant, that you will have a healthy
pregnancy and you will have the baby that you really want.
I’m sure if you’ve been trying for a while and it hasn’t happened yet, you’ve been
to see to a fertility doctor, maybe even a few, and quite possibly they’ve told you
the bad news. They’ve told you, let’s see, that you have high FSH, low AMH, low
ovarian reserve, that your chances of getting pregnant, even with fertility treatments,
are low. You leave the doctors feeling devastated, completely broken, thinking that you are never
going to have a baby, that you’ve left it too late.
And I want to let you know that it’s not true. On the one hand, yes these tests indicate
to the doctors how they think you will respond to certain fertility treatments. And yes they
also do indicate that time is running out. But that’s it. They don’t mean.. a high
FSH does not meant that you will not get pregnant. Low ovarian reserve does not mean that you
will not get pregnant. I’ve seen women with a high FSH get pregnant, I’ve seen women
with low ovarian reserve get pregnant. Sometimes by themselves, naturally, or by using fertility
treatments such as IVF or IUI. How we work together when you come to see
me, my tools to help you, I have acupuncture and Chinese herbs to help you, I also have
diet and lifestyle advice. We sit down together, we look at everything that has gone on before.
We look at the fertility treatments you’ve done, your health history, your diet, your
lifestyle. Not to judge, not to say why did you do this, why didn’t you do this, and
all of these things. It’s really just to get a picture of what’s gone before so we
can now see where we can make changes. Because our goal is now to go forward, not to look
back, go forward to create the healthiest body for you at this time, to give you the
best chance possible to get pregnant, to have a healthy pregnancy and have a baby. After
we have worked together with acupuncture and Chinese herbs, changing diet and lifestyle,
you will be in the best position possible for your age to go either to continue trying
naturally or to go do fertility treatments. And after we have worked together you’re
going to be more likely to get pregnant, less likely to miscarry and more likely to have
a healthy pregnancy and the baby that you want.